Interviews and bounce
More interviews, more strangeness.
"How do you feel about not having a PhD?"
"Hi, thanks for coming, please sit down. I'm fairly sure we don't want to hire people like you..."
"Why do you want to move on from programming?"
"I've never been a programmer."
"Oh yes.... Well maybe you could answer the question anyway?"
"Why do you want to work with interest rate derivatives?"
"I don't, I'm here for another job entirely."
"Oh.. so you are.
We don't actually offer that job.
How would feel about doing this one?"
"Why do you want to become a consultant? Why not stay in... ah... whatever you were doing before..."
"Consultancy?"
"Yes. Why the change?"
"We are the world's premiere firm in information intelligence! We promote cutting edge data storage and sharing to move beyond mere documentation and into real-time business knowledge pooling. Any questions!"
"If I were hired, which department would I be working for?"
"Um.. not sure."
"Oh. Well what kind of projects would I be working on?"
"Don't know, I just do interviews and write the report. So! What did you do when you were working in Greece!"
"I've never been to Greece."
"You haven't? But it's on your CV."
"That's not my CV."
"Are you sure?"
"Well it's labeled 'Emily Fraser', and that's not my name..."
My present great white hopes are Detica (interviewed, report written and posted on internal web site, now need to hope someone likes me enough to want to hire me.) and JP Morgan (no interview yet, but they did interview me previously for the wrong job, and gave me a glowing report.) Both good prospects, but so were a lot of places that turned me down.
"How do you feel about not having a PhD?"
"Hi, thanks for coming, please sit down. I'm fairly sure we don't want to hire people like you..."
"Why do you want to move on from programming?"
"I've never been a programmer."
"Oh yes.... Well maybe you could answer the question anyway?"
"Why do you want to work with interest rate derivatives?"
"I don't, I'm here for another job entirely."
"Oh.. so you are.
We don't actually offer that job.
How would feel about doing this one?"
"Why do you want to become a consultant? Why not stay in... ah... whatever you were doing before..."
"Consultancy?"
"Yes. Why the change?"
"We are the world's premiere firm in information intelligence! We promote cutting edge data storage and sharing to move beyond mere documentation and into real-time business knowledge pooling. Any questions!"
"If I were hired, which department would I be working for?"
"Um.. not sure."
"Oh. Well what kind of projects would I be working on?"
"Don't know, I just do interviews and write the report. So! What did you do when you were working in Greece!"
"I've never been to Greece."
"You haven't? But it's on your CV."
"That's not my CV."
"Are you sure?"
"Well it's labeled 'Emily Fraser', and that's not my name..."
My present great white hopes are Detica (interviewed, report written and posted on internal web site, now need to hope someone likes me enough to want to hire me.) and JP Morgan (no interview yet, but they did interview me previously for the wrong job, and gave me a glowing report.) Both good prospects, but so were a lot of places that turned me down.